diff --git a/boost-1.73-locale-empty-vector.patch b/boost-1.73-locale-empty-vector.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5cc981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boost-1.73-locale-empty-vector.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From daf4ef50c88c2b9a6bf2c40b537eebc202caad6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9bastien=20Gonzalve?=
+ <sebastien.gonzalve@aliceadsl.fr>
+Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:39:47 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not try to access element when vector is empty
+
+Trying to access tmp[0] causes a crash on Fedora when assertion on STL
+are enabled.
+
+/usr/include/c++/10/bits/stl_vector.h:1045: std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::reference std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::operator[](std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size_type) [with _Tp = unsigned char; _Alloc = std::allocator<unsigned char>; std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::reference = unsigned char&; std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::size_type = long unsigned int]: Assertion '__builtin_expect(__n < this->size(), true)' failed.
+
+This patch just passes nullptr as pointer to getSortKey() when tmp size
+is 0, preventing dereferencing elements in empty vector.
+
+I guess that &tmp[0] should be optimized as 'no real access' when
+disabling assertion, but actually leads to crash when assert are
+enabled.
+---
+ src/icu/collator.cpp | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/libs/locale/src/icu/collator.cpp b/libs/locale/src/icu/collator.cpp
+index 7f1ea6a..dc59e8c 100644
+--- a/libs/locale/src/icu/collator.cpp
++++ b/libs/locale/src/icu/collator.cpp
+@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace boost {
+                     std::vector<uint8_t> tmp;
+                     tmp.resize(str.length());
+                     icu::Collator *collate = get_collator(level);
+-                    int len = collate->getSortKey(str,&tmp[0],tmp.size());
++                    int len = collate->getSortKey(str,tmp.empty()?nullptr:&tmp[0],tmp.size());
+                     if(len > int(tmp.size())) {
+                         tmp.resize(len);
+                         collate->getSortKey(str,&tmp[0],tmp.size());
+-- 
+2.26.2
+
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index 52a3a45..bbcab17 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Name: boost
 %global real_name boost
 Summary: The free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries
 Version: 1.73.0
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 License: Boost and MIT and Python
 
 # Replace each . with _ in %%{version}
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ Patch91: boost-1.73-geometry-issue721.patch
 # https://github.com/boostorg/mpi/pull/119
 Patch92: boost-1.73-mpi-vector-data.patch
 
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899888
+# https://github.com/boostorg/locale/issues/52
+Patch94: boost-1.73-locale-empty-vector.patch
+
 %bcond_with tests
 %bcond_with docs_generated
 
@@ -683,6 +687,7 @@ find ./boost -name '*.hpp' -perm /111 | xargs chmod a-x
 %patch90 -p1
 %patch91 -p1
 %patch92 -p1
+%patch94 -p1
 
 %build
 # Dump the versions being used into the build logs.
@@ -1293,6 +1298,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/b2.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 03 2021 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> - 1.73.0-10
+- Patch Boost.Locale to not access empty vector (#1899888)
+
 * Wed Nov 04 2020 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> - 1.73.0-9
 - Remove incorrect dependency on xz, only the shared lib is needed